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Archives for August 2017

The Curious Case of Otto Warmbier

August 4, 2017 By Ajanet Rountree

Human beings often use words without understanding their full semantics or definition. Torture is one of those words. The reality of torture, in its actual definition and context, will remain an unknown experience for majority of humanity. Torture, for some, is part of their new normal. The purpose of this blog is to look briefly […]

Filed Under: Asia, government, Human Rights of Special Groups, Middle East and North Africa, North America Tagged With: abu ghraib, cultural relativism, culture, gitmo, inhuman, mcdonalization, north korea, punishment, torture, universalism, warmbier

The Transgender Military Ban, Part 2: Costs to the American Transgender Community

August 3, 2017 By Nicholas Sherwood

On July 26th, 2017 President Donald J. Trump tweeted the following: “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow… Transgender individuals to  serve in any capacity in the U. S. Military.  Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming… victory and […]

Filed Under: Civil and Political Rights, government, Human Rights of Special Groups, North America, War/Peace Tagged With: bathroom bill, clinton - DADT, LGBTQ, military, obama - DADT repeal, suicide, transgender, transphobia, trump

The Transgender Military Ban, Part 1: Costs to President Trump

August 3, 2017 By Nicholas Sherwood

President Donald J. Trump tweeted the following on July 26, 2017: “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow… Transgender individuals to  serve in any capacity in the U. S. Military.  Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming… victory and […]

Filed Under: Civil and Political Rights, government, Human Rights of Special Groups, Minority Rights, North America, War/Peace Tagged With: ban, clinton - DADT, LGBTQ, military, obama - DADT repeal, transgender, truman - military desegregation, trump

Moving Towards Environmental Justice: The Flint Water Crisis & Structural Racialization

August 1, 2017 By Nicholas Sherwood

“Nothing that has been uncovered to date suggests that anyone intended to poison the people of Flint” (Michigan Civil Rights Commission, 2017).  The Flint Water Crisis: Systemic Racism Through the Lens of Flint report was authored in response to the growing cries from community members, government officials, victims, and bystanders concerned with the abject lack of […]

Filed Under: Activism, Environmental Rights, government, Human Rights of Special Groups, North America, Public health Tagged With: America, civil rights, Flint, minority rights, racialization, social change, water

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